Zehr, Edmund Peter (1922-1957)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1957 Mar 14 p. 1

Birth date: 1922

text of obituary:

Hospital Administrator Called Away in Death

EDMUND P. ZEHR, 34, OF BEATRICE, NEB. DIES AFTER HEART ATTACK

Batrice [sic Beatrice], Neb. — Funeral services were conducted at the First Mennonite Church of Beatrice March 4 for Edmund P. Zehr, 34, administrator of the Mennonite Deaconess Home and Hospital who died Saturday, March 2, after suffering a heat attack the preceding Wednesday.

The services were in charge of Rev. Harold W. Buller, the pastor, and Rev. Ralph Weber, pastor of the Beatrice Mennonite Church. The body was sent to Gridley, Ill. where final services and burial took place at the Waldo Menonite Church.

Mr. Zehr's unexpected death came as the new hospital here is nearing completion. Administrator here for the past seven years, he had worked on the project from the beginning. A graduate of Bluffton College and the University of Michigan, where he received a master's degree in public health, he also served for two years among the Mennonites in Paraguay.

Surviving are his wife, Miriam, and three children; his parents, Mr. and mrs. Edward Zehr of Gridley; two sisters and four brothers.

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